There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
TAMARISKS
Noun
tamarisks
plural of tamarisk
Source: Wiktionary
TAMARISK
Tam"a*risk, n. Etym: [L. tamariscus, also tamarix, tamarice, Skr. tamala, tamalaka, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix, tamaris.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna. Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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